{"id":1041,"date":"2025-04-01T15:41:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T15:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetoptenwebhosts.com\/?p=1041"},"modified":"2025-04-02T16:51:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T16:51:40","slug":"susan-collins-says-maine-law-on-trans-athletes-against-spirit-and-intent-of-title-ix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thetoptenwebhosts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/01\/susan-collins-says-maine-law-on-trans-athletes-against-spirit-and-intent-of-title-ix\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Collins says Maine law on trans athletes against ‘spirit and intent of Title IX’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), a prominent Senate Republican moderate, says President Trump is right to scrutinize her state’s law that “allows biological males to play in girls\u2019 sports,” calling the law contrary to the \u201cspirit and intent\u201d of Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination at schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that the State of Maine is under scrutiny because of the state law that allows biological males to play in girls\u2019 sports. And that is contrary, not just to the President’s executive order, but what I believe is the very spirit and intent of Title IX, which was to provide sports and other athletic activities to girls in a safe and fair way,\u201d Collins said in a Monday statement.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration launched an investigation after school officials in Maine said they would not comply with his executive order to bar transgender women and girls from participating in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n

Collins said it is \u201ccritically important to treat people who are transgender with respect and dignity\u201d but she argued that the state must still comply with Title IX.<\/p>\n

She said the need to treat transgender students respectfully \u201cdoes not change the fact that Title IX, which passed in 1972, has greatly expanded opportunities for girls and young women to participate in organized sports at the high school and college levels.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said the landmark law did so by \u201cmandating equal access to athletic resources and facilities on the basis of sex \u2014 not on the basis of gender identity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSafe and fair athletic competition has been one of the keys to the success of Title IX. That is why I do not believe that transgender athletes should compete in girls\u2019 and women\u2019s athletics,\u201d Collins said. \u201cThat is why I do not believe that transgender athletes should compete in girls\u2019 and women\u2019s athletics.\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has claimed Maine\u2019s Department of Education and its schools are violating Title IX by allowing transgender athletes to compete against girls.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration is also investigating whether Maine schools broke the law by withholding information about gender-transitioning students from parents.<\/p>\n

Trump signed an executive order in early February to \u201crescind all funds from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities.\u201d It also made it the policy of the United States to \u201coppose male competitive participation in women\u2019s sports more broadly, as a matter of safety, fairness, dignity and truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later that month, Trump and Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) publicly clashed at the White House over the issue. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m complying with state and federal law,\u201d Mills told the president after he asked if she would comply with his executive order.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are the federal law. You better do it, because you\u2019re not going to get federal funding,\u201d Trump said. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSee you in court,\u201d Mills responded. \u00a0<\/p>\n

On March 11, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it was temporarily pausing funding to the University of Maine system “while USDA evaluates if it should take any follow-on actions related to prospective Title VI or Title IX violations.”<\/p>\n

“I will continue to advocate for Maine to receive its fair share of federal funding, something I have done successfully so far, but I support the original intent behind Title IX,” Collins said in her statement.<\/p>\n

The senator is a top Democratic target in the 2026 midterm election as she is the only Senate Republican running for reelection in a state that former Vice President Kamala Harris won in November.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Collins won reelection in 2020 despite Democrats pouring tens of millions of dollars into Maine to defeat her. She won by nearly 10 percentage points that year, despite former President Biden also winning the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2014Updated at 2:15 p.m. EDT<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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